Risk management approach on selected key companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange

This study tries to identify risks and exammes the vulnerability and the impact of companies listed on the KLSE exposed to various risk namely interest rates risks, currency risks, liquidity risks, business risks, commodity risks, market risks, credit risks and operational risks. Companies book a...

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Main Author: Pek, Thian Kor
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2001
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Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/85016/1/FEP%202001%2016%20ir.pdf
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description This study tries to identify risks and exammes the vulnerability and the impact of companies listed on the KLSE exposed to various risk namely interest rates risks, currency risks, liquidity risks, business risks, commodity risks, market risks, credit risks and operational risks. Companies book and bottomlines are employed and compared against previous years or to their peers within the same sector in the country of against foreign countries. The study tries to identify the necessary measures to be taken to manage risk effectively. Various forms of risk management to be taken include risk transfer, risk control, risk avoidance, risk reduction, risk financing, risk retention and risk sharing. Based on the study, the result of the analysis indicate that companies that do not borrow excessively particularly in foreign currency denominated loans, employed hedging instruments, avoid aggressive expansion and diversified their business base fared far better than companies that have done otherwise. This is evident during the 1997~ 1998 Asian Financial Crisis that actually brought many troubled companies down to knees. With the understanding of risk management, more comprehensive risks management technique could be employed to safeguard the profitability of companies and shareholders' wealth.
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spelling upm.eprints-850162021-12-31T02:31:05Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/85016/ Risk management approach on selected key companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Pek, Thian Kor This study tries to identify risks and exammes the vulnerability and the impact of companies listed on the KLSE exposed to various risk namely interest rates risks, currency risks, liquidity risks, business risks, commodity risks, market risks, credit risks and operational risks. Companies book and bottomlines are employed and compared against previous years or to their peers within the same sector in the country of against foreign countries. The study tries to identify the necessary measures to be taken to manage risk effectively. Various forms of risk management to be taken include risk transfer, risk control, risk avoidance, risk reduction, risk financing, risk retention and risk sharing. Based on the study, the result of the analysis indicate that companies that do not borrow excessively particularly in foreign currency denominated loans, employed hedging instruments, avoid aggressive expansion and diversified their business base fared far better than companies that have done otherwise. This is evident during the 1997~ 1998 Asian Financial Crisis that actually brought many troubled companies down to knees. With the understanding of risk management, more comprehensive risks management technique could be employed to safeguard the profitability of companies and shareholders' wealth. 2001-09 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/85016/1/FEP%202001%2016%20ir.pdf Pek, Thian Kor (2001) Risk management approach on selected key companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. Masters thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Stock exchanges - Malaysia Risk management - Malaysia
spellingShingle Stock exchanges - Malaysia
Risk management - Malaysia
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Risk management approach on selected key companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
title Risk management approach on selected key companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
title_full Risk management approach on selected key companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
title_fullStr Risk management approach on selected key companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
title_full_unstemmed Risk management approach on selected key companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
title_short Risk management approach on selected key companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
title_sort risk management approach on selected key companies listed on the kuala lumpur stock exchange
topic Stock exchanges - Malaysia
Risk management - Malaysia
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